LORD FALMOUTH 



succumbed by a length. Nothing but thelmost 

 unflinching resolution would have got her into 

 second place, for she pulled up hopelessly lame, 

 and Swift had the greatest difficulty in getting^ier 

 from the course down to the station. Thus ended 

 the racing career of one of the very best fillies of 

 all time, for even the warmest admirers of Virago, 

 Crucifix, Lady Elizabeth, Achievement, and il^a 

 Fleche will admit that Wheel of Fortune need 

 not fear comparison with any of them. I append 

 a list of her winnings. 



TWO-YEAR-OLD 



Richmond Stakes (Goodwood) . . £1980 



Prince of Wales's Stakes (York) . . 1530 



Wentworth Stakes (Doncaster) w.o . 200 



Buckenham Stakes (Newmarket) , 1050 



Triennial Produce Stakes (Newmarket) 865 10 



Dewhurst Plate (Newmarket) . , 2040 



£7665 10 



THREE-YEAR-OLD 



One Thousand Guineas (Newmarket) £4200 



Oaks (Epsom) 4425 



Prince of Wales's Stakes (Ascot) . 3125 



Yorkshire Oaks (York) . . . 325 



£12,075 



This makes a grand total of £19,740 : 10s., and 

 what might it not have amounted to had she been 

 foaled in these days of colossal stakes ? There 

 seemed every reason to expect that the best 

 daughter of such a wonderful brood mare as 

 Queen Bertha would earn fresh laurels at the 

 stud, but though she made a fair start with 

 Oberon, by Galopin, winner of the Lincolnshire 

 Handicap in 1887 and a few other races, she can 



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